WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Way It Was Bass – The Killers | Version #1
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The Way It Was - The Killers
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Uploaded by: Country Bass
Tuning: Standard/Half-Step Down
The Killers play this song in Half-Step Down Tuning but if you don't want to take
the effort to tune down
There is no real need to
Credits for this tab go too Chris Khalife
His bass cover for the song is at:
This site shows the tab along with his cover video:
I take no credit for this tab
Intro
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-----------------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------|
Verse 1
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-----------------------------------------| x3
E|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------|
Pre-Chorus
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7---------------|
Chorus 1
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-4-4-6-4-7-6-4-6---------------4---------|
E|-5-5---5-----------------------------------------7-----7-7---7-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-------------------------------4---------|
E|-5-5---5-------------------------7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-----------|
Verse 2
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-|
E|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------|
Chorus 2
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-4-4-6-4-7-6-4-6---------------4---------|
E|-5-5---5-----------------------------------------7-----7-7---7-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-----------------------------------------|
E|-5-5---5-------------------------7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---------|
Bridge
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------6-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------4----4----4-------6--7--6--------/11-9-7-9--------|
E|-2-----------------------------4-----------------7-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-2---------------------------2/--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6----------------/14-14-14-14-14----------|
E|-5-5---5-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------------------|
Chorus 3
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-4-4-6-4-7-6-4-6---------------4---------|
E|-5-5---5-----------------------------------------7-----7-7---7-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-------------------------------4---------|
E|-5-5---5-------------------------7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-4-4-6-4-7-6-4-6---------------4---------|
E|-5-5---5-----------------------------------------7-----7-7---7-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----7---6-4---------4---6-4---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-6-7-7---7-----7-6-----------------------------------------|
E|-5-5---5-------------------------7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---------|
Outro
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-----------------------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-----------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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